Fortieth Flame - [Written/Action]

[gogglesyndrome]

[Taichi is currently up in his tree house. Yes, the same tree house he created years ago. He's sitting in the middle of it, surrounded by his usual favorites. Comics, manga, junk food, pillows, drawings of the Digimon...

...and yet, he's finding himself not quite as satisfied as usual. No, the longer he stays in the tree house, the...lamer it actually becomes. It's not a new feeling, but being alone and surrounded by everything really puts it into perspective. This seemed a lot cooler when he first arrived to Luceti; it was a place to hide out, spy on the village and pretend he was a ninja. But the comics have been read, the junk food is old, and without people to throw the pillows at they were just taking up space.

He flops over onto his back to stare at the ceiling, stretching his legs out. His toes hit the wall of the tree house though and his knees end up bending awkwardly. He shifts to sit up a little, trying to accommodate his body the extra space. He grumbles, laying back again and just pulling his feet in to bend his knees entirely. Fine. Stupid legs. Normally it's not a big deal and he can ignore it, but today it's kind of uncomfortable. He grabs his journal and opens it, flipping through it to see what's going on. He debates verbally speaking to the village, but decides against it, grabbing a pen and scrawling out a message.]

I wonder how weird it's going to be going home after all this time.
My voice sounds really stupid lately.
I wish Yamato was here so it wasn't just me. Or even Haruki to lie and say it gets easier.
I don't know if I just outgrew things or I'm depressed. But I don't get depressed.
You'd think I'd be growing some facial hair or something by now.


...hey. I've got a huge stash of comic books and manga up here if anybody wants them. I don't think I need them anymore.

Other than that? I've got nothin'.

[ooc: strikes are about half-readable.]

Comments

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Kinda a while ago, actually. I was gonna look for more when I saw you had some.

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help out then. These should keep you occupied for a while until they decide to bring in some new stuff.

What are you into anyway?

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Mostly Justice Force, but I like Marvel comics too, and DC when they're good, though they're mostly all Justice Force knock-offs.

[Comics in his world are based on actual superheroes, many of which he's met. So he's a little biased.]

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

[It's probably for the best that Taichi not be aware of that, otherwise Mike might get a bunch of unwanted questions.]

The other two I've heard of, but I'm not familiar with Justice Force. What is it?

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[They wouldn't be very unwanted. Mike loves to brag.]

They're based on the actual Justice Force. I guess they aren't famous in your world? Or maybe they don't exist there. There's the Silver Sentry, Chrysalis, Green Mantel, Metalhead and Stainless Steel Steve...

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

[So does this one. But he's just listening as Mike rattles off names, his eyes getting wider and wider. Wow none of those sound familiar at all but they actually sound kinda cool.]

Nope, never heard of them but they sound pretty cool. ...wait you mean the Justice Force heroes are real?

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I'm actually on their reserve team, myself. [Said with fake modesty. But it's true.]

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

Reserve team...? [Give it a sec.] ...whoa. So you're like a superhero back where you're from? Awesome.

[Yeah, that thing he was going through earlier about finding heroes and comics dumb? That's suddenly gone because this is interesting.]

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Yup! They call me the Turtle Titan! Most of the time I fight crime from the shadows with my bros, but every so often the Justice Force needs my help and I get to don the cape and cowl and fight crime out in the open!

[Every so often being the second Tuesday of every fourth month. And Leap Day.]

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

The Turtle Titan...so cooool. So you guys stop a lot of criminals huh? Man, the city must be grateful to have you guys around.

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we get the keys to the city like about once a week.

[Not only is he exaggerating, but the 'we' in question doesn't really include him.]

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[goggle-syndrome.livejournal.com]

Man, aren't you a big shot. What can you even do with all of those keys? [Good thing Taichi doesn't know any better.]